PRESIDENT CLINTON NOMINATES FRANK H. McCARTHY
TO THE FEDERAL BENCH
The President today nominated Frank H. McCarthy to be a judge on

the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Judge Frank McCarthy has been a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the
Northern District of Oklahoma since 1995. Prior to his appointment as a
Magistrate Judge, from 1987 to 1995, Judge McCarthy was a partner in the
firm of Barkley, Rodolf, & McCarthy. From 1976 to 1985 he served as an
attorney and Deputy Chief in the Tulsa County Public Defenders Office,
and from 1985 to 1987 Judge McCarthy was an Assistant United States
Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of
Oklahoma.

He received his B.S. from the University of Scranton in 1974, and
his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1977.